…3B “The Bridge program got me into the swing of things here, maybe more so than other freshmen that didn’t do the program. Us Bridge people stick together.” – LSA freshman LADI OLANIRAN “We’ve had the whole summer to get to know each other. No one was here during the summer, all we saw was each other. It was easier to make friends. Now everyone is going in different directions and it’s difficult to meet people. Everybody is doing...…
…Wednesday, September 30, 2015 // The Statement 4B Wednesday, September 30 , 2015 // The Statement 5B MORALLY BANKRUPT: The Greek life crisis By Chloe Gilke, Managing Arts Editor E verything is immaculately organized. The Panhellenic Association’s recruit- ment mass meeting will convene in the Michigan League’s Ballroom from 5 to 8 p.m. There will be 17 tables, one for each chapter in Panhel and each table will be decorated with po...…
…Wednesday, September 30, 2015 // The Statement 6B I t’s a Game Day in late September, and hoards of maize and blue-tinged students are streaming down State Street to the sounds of The Weeknd’s “Can’t Feel My Face.” But just as the University cements its place on Playboy’s annual list of top party schools, it’s equally the stomping grounds of the hipster — so much so that the town garnered the dubious distinction of being the 15th most...…
…Wednesday, September 30, 2015 // The Statement 7B Personal Statement: Being average by Michael Flynn, Daily Arts Writer choice, Colin Gunckel, assistant professor of american culture and screen arts and cultures, sees taste as a mode of class distinction — much like what sociologist Pierre Bordieu elaborated on in “Distinction: A Social Critique in the Judgement of Taste.” Like Bordieu, Gunkel believes these preferences are generate...…
…Wednesday, September 30, 2015 // The Statement 8B This past summer I was lucky enough to receive photo passes to a handful concerts around Ann Arbor. Never did I think I would be so fortunate to photograph Mumford & Sons, a band I have loved since their first album. For some of the concerts I’ve photographed I’m a fan of the band, while others I might just know a couple songs. With Mumford & Sons, I knew every lyric to every song they pl...…
…125 YEARS NEWS • ARTS • OPINION SPORTS • ARCHIVES A SPECIAL ISSUE COMMEMORATING 125 YEARS OF EDITORIAL FRREEDOM A conversation with former Daily editor in chief Ann Marie Lipinski • Page 3A Campus fashion through the decades • Page 4A The rich history of sports at the ‘U’ • Page 6A Why the Opinion pages matter • Page 8A Hill Auditorium’s star-studded history • Page 11A …
…R ebecca Blumenstein was edi- tor in chief of The Michigan Daily during her last year on staff while at the University. Today, she is deputy editor in chief at The Wall Street Journal. She started her time at the Journal in Detroit in 1995 before becoming the Jour- nal’s China bureau chief from 2005 to 2009. There, she led the team that won the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting in 2007. Q: What was your experience like w...…
…By JENNIFER CALFAS Editor in Chief Ann Marie Lipinski’s name doesn’t just grace the wall — it illuminates it. Her name, sitting alongside seven others, hangs on the wall at the entrance of the Daily’s news- room — noting her Pulitzer Prize from 1987 that she received for her work as editor of the Chicago Tribune — where she was the first female editor. But her legacy goes beyond just that. As a co-editor of The Michi- gan Daily...…
…8-TMD 125 ARTS Tuesday, September 29, 2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com 4A Tree Town’s stylish history A look back at Ann Arbor’s 20th-century fashion By CAROLINE FILIPS Daily Arts Writer With locals defined by their trademark insouciance and a student population primarily invested in its studies, fashion has never been on the average Ann Arborite’s radar. By simply surveying the streets of Ann Arbor, the correc...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — 5A One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary An illustrious literary history at the ‘U’ Ann Arbor writing community continues to grow By HAILEY MIDDLEBROOK Daily Arts Writer Last January, on one of those frozen nights where the coffee shop windows fog up too much to see in from the outside, I journeyed across campus to a cozy bookshop called Literati. The store, sti...…
…SPORTS Tuesday, September 29, 2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com 6A 1865 The University introduces baseball as the first competitive varsity sport. 1901 The football team wins its first national championship. 1879 game, beginning a rich tradition. 1902 Michigan football Bowl. 1908 The men’s basketball team is formed. Inside 125 years of Michigan sports history By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor The his...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — 7A One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary 1977 Diver Christina Seufert earns the individual national championship. Former Michigan player Jim Harbaugh returns as the head coach of the football team. 1948 Men’s ice hockey wins its championship. 1973 hockey begins as the first female sport. 1989 The men’s basketball team wins its championship. 1972...…
…420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Committing to objectivity T he relationship between Americans, newspapers and editorial freedom is a tangled mess of a story, with blood and ink dripping slowly down its winding pages. Evidence suggests this story began in 1690 when Benjamin Harris published the first and only edition of...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — 9A One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary transformational digital opportu- nities and stay financially viable? I would love to listen in on the conversations you all have about this and know how you balance Daily values worth preserving with the need to train success- ful leaders and assure a relevant future for the newsroom. CALFAS: The issue of simul- taneously adap...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 10A — Tuesday, September 29, 2015 One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary 1817 At Fort Meigs, Ohio: A treaty is reached between Michigan’s Territorial Governor, Lewis Cass, and Native American Tribes (Ottawa, Chippewa and Potawatomy). Cass persuades Native Americans to give 3,840 acres of land in exchange for Native Americans becoming eligible to enroll at the University. Native Americans a...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — 11A One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Hill performances through the years Sports writers recall their favorite road trips Traveling to cover games across the country is a sacred Daily tradition By KEVIN SANTO Daily Sports Writer There’s only one thing that could connect the dots between an impounded car in Chicago, a week in Hawaii, a 1,000- mile drive to O...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 12A — Tuesday, September 29, 2015 One Hundred Twenty-Fifth Anniversary TODD NEEDLE/Daily Point guard Trey Burke is congratulated by his teammates after sinking a game-tying 3-pointer in the Sweet 16 game against Kansas on March 29, 2013. KRISTOFFER GILETTE/Daily Sophomore forward Chris Webber, upset over his last-minute timeout error, is con- soled by a teammate as he exits the NCAA championship gam...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, September 29, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM INDEX Vol. CXXIV, No. 135 ©2015 The Michigan Daily michigandaily.com NEWS......................... 2B OPINION.....................4B ARTS........................... 5B SPORTS ......................7B SUDOKU..................... 2B CL ASSIFIEDS...............6B NEW ON MICHIGANDAILY.COM TMD celebrates ...…
…comparative literature, said the plan was formed without sufficient faculty input. “It has not been debated at SACUA and it has not been debated at Senate Assembly, and so we feel like there hasn’t been enough broad consultation because this is something that affects everyone, faculty and students,” Weineck said. Comments written on the evaluations will not be released, nor will the data collected from course evaluations of c...…
…known, the level of competition lower and the revenue far small- er. As a symbolic measure of com- parison, Michigan Stadium’s list- ed capacity is 107,601 spectators. Brown Stadium’s is 20,000. Schlissel stepped into a world that was, at least in this respect, much different than the one he left. While he doesn’t have to run this world, he does have to over- see it, and his first year forced him to be more involved than a number o...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…New York for 24 hours to see “Hamilton” off-Broadway. Sitting in the second row and being spat on by Jonathan Groff dressed in full monarchial garb is still one of the best experiences I’ve ever had. Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton’s rap battle is one that awill live on in my heart forever. “Hamilton” keeps the audience’s attention through its subtle humor and quickly executed lyrics and presenting a figure of Ameri...…
…ACROSS 1 Diagram with axes and coordinates 6 Very top 10 Shift neighbor, on PC keyboards 14 St. __ Girl beer 15 Guard site 16 Nabisco cookie 17 Like stickers that smell when rubbed 20 Buckwheat dish 21 Court order to all 22 Fruit seed 23 Drop-down __ 25 Like some microbrews 27 Little girl’s makeup, so they say 33 Crisp covering 34 Welfare 35 Firebird roof option 38 What cake candles may indicate 39 On the rocks 42 Bart Simpson’s grandpa 43 See...…
…Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Tuesday, September 29, 2015 — 7B Kalis realizing potential, appreciating every minute By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor This past summer, during the conditioning program before his redshirt junior season, Michigan offensive guard Kyle Kalis thought to himself. He had shown potential as a five-star recruit out of Lakewood, Ohio. But in the two seasons he had spent on Michiga...…
…8B — Tuesday, September 29, 2015 Sports The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For Henry Poggi, switch to offense was a family affair By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor In the minutes before the Michigan football team began its rout of Brigham Young this weekend, an unfamiliar face flashed across the Michigan Stadium video boards as an offensive starter. He had been a defensive lineman as recently as last season, but now he woul...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Monday, September 28, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM The Wolverines earn their third straight blowout victory » INSIDE Michigan dominates ANDREW COHEN/Daily INSIDE: Ashok Bhargav, an application programmer for the University, picks out vegetables at the fourth annual Harvest Festival hosted by the Sustainable Food Program at the Matthaei Botanical Garde...…
…2A — Monday, September 28, 2015 News The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com THREE THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW TODAY The Michigan football team garnered a No. 22 ranking in the Associ- ated Press poll Sunday after a 31-0 win over Brigham Young on Saturday. It was the Wolver- ines’ first national ranking since Nov. 2, 2013. 2 CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES Author lecture WHAT: Author Leah Hager Cohen will speak about the art of storytelling. ...…
…Faculty members can still opt to complete the interview during this first meeting. Another addition: A standard- ized e-mail template will be used when OIE contacts the subject of a complaint and is designed to ensure proper communication of all the necessary information. For the first time, a faculty member can also review the statements they’ve made to OIE before the investigation report is finalized. SACUA first began examin- ...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Arts Monday, September 28, 2015 — 5A Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Borscht veggies 6 Garden neighbors of glads, perhaps 10 “Looking at it differently,” in texts 14 Play the coquette 15 Part of MIT: Abbr. 16 Make all better 17 *Last leg of a journey 19 Cleveland’s lake 20 Protruding-lip expression 21 Made minor adjustments to 23 Enjoy snowy trails 26 Constellatio...…
…6A — Monday, September 28, 2015 Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com By ALEX INTNER Daily Arts Writer Over the past several years, the Muppets have become increasingly prevalent in culture. Starting with the 2011 film “The Muppets,” which was a modest success for Disney, they’ve been making appearances in a wide array of talk and variety shows. Their renaissance-of-sorts continues with a new televi...…
…BSportsMonday INDIANA SPLIT n The Michigan volleyball team lost to Purdue on Friday and beat Indiana on Saturday. Page 3B THE VICTORS The Michigan Daily | michigandaily.com | September 28, 2015 n Michigan’s band becomes more prominent. SportsMonday Column, Page 2B Michigan 31, BYU 0 Wolverines earn long-awaited blank slate with dominant performance against BYU By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor Tanner Mangum bounced from teamma...…
…2B — September 28, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday Restoring a tradition O ne of the most revered game-day traditions at Michigan Stadium has held steady since 1962, before legendary coach Bo Schembechler even started his tenure. Moments before game time, the Michigan football players and coaches run out of the tunnel together, jump and hit the “GO BLUE” banner at midfield, with the band surroun...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday September 28, 2015 — 3B ‘M’ splits weekend games By NATHANIEL CLARK Daily Sports Writer American general George Patton once said, “Success is how high you bounce after you hit bottom.” The Michigan women’s volleyball team found out what Patton meant this weekend. Friday, the Wolverines fell to No. 20 Purdue, 3-0, and they were outblocked, 9-2. On Saturday, however, Michig...…
…4B — September 28, 2015 The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com SportsMonday momentum churning. He threw Davis off of his body for good. It was a move straight out of a Marshawn Lynch highlight video. Smith capped the 60-yard touchdown with a little hop into the end zone before he was mobbed by his teammates. Davis stared off, shaking his head. “Once I got to the second level, I knew for a fact I was not letting No. 15 tackle me...…
…michigandaily.com Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday, September 25, 2015 CELEBRATING OUR ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH YEAR OF EDITORIAL FREEDOM Mike Hart is working his way up at Western Michigan » INSIDE A new home ADMINISTRATION Common thread in search for ‘culture shift’ is heightening students’ role By ALLANA AKHTAR and MICHAEL SUGERMAN Daily Staff Reporter and Daily News Editor Days after the release of new sexual assault data ...…
…cantly lower costs by allowing states and individuals to under- take more efficient solutions. He emphasized that col- lege tuition increases could be reduced by allowing students to take low-interest loans directly from private banks, stating that direct federal subsidies to higher education are responsible for the rapid inflation of college costs. “Do you know why the (fed- eral student loan interest rate) is 6.8 percent?” he ...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Friday, September 25, 2015 — 3A NEWS BRIEFS University releases report on fracking practices University researchers released findings from a three- year study on hydraulic fracking. Fracking, which injects mixtures of water, chemicals and sand deep underground to open cracks in sediment, thereby releasing oil or natural gas, has sparked a national debate. Though the report takes no st...…
…Opinion JENNIFER CALFAS EDITOR IN CHIEF AARICA MARSH and DEREK WOLFE EDITORIAL PAGE EDITORS LEV FACHER MANAGING EDITOR 420 Maynard St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109 tothedaily@michigandaily.com Edited and managed by students at the University of Michigan since 1890. Unsigned editorials reflect the official position of the Daily’s editorial board. All other signed articles and illustrations represent solely the views of their authors....…
…Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, September 25, 2015 — 5A ‘Executioner’ not so well executed New FX series pushes the boundaries By MATT BARNAUSKAS Daily Arts WRiter This article contains spoilers for the finale of “Sons of Anarchy.” Kurt Sutter, for better or worse, has become a go-to guy for FX. Ever since his involvement as a writer and eventual producer for Shawn Ryan’s “The Shield,” Sutter h...…
…Classifieds Call: #734-418-4115 Email: dailydisplay@gmail.com ACROSS 1 Better protected 6 “Poppycock!” 10 Badlands Natl. Park site 14 Coarse 15 Suspicious of 16 Pup follower? 17 Up for grabs, in a way 18 Lit. intro 19 “Willard” antagonists 20 The joke at the audiologists’ convention __ 23 Solo, say 24 Indian author Santha Rama __ 25 Century-starting year 26 The joke at the chemists’ convention __ 32 Not treat lightly 34 Normandy river 35 “De...…
…Arts The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Friday, September 25, 2015 — 7A TV REVIEW HULU Am I culturally relevant yet?. LONDON FASHION WEEK RECAP Burberry was the final show of this year’s London Fashion Week, and they did that role justice. Stakes were high for many reasons: the star studded front row, the national Snapchat story and just the simple fact of it being Burberry in the heart of London. The label could not have don...…
…The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com 8A — Friday, September 25, 2015 …
…September 26, 2015: BYU FOR HART HOME NE A Michigan’s legendary running back has wanted to be a coach since high school. Now at Western Michigan, he’s growing in ways he never could have imagined. By Max Bultman Daily Sports Editor …
…FootballSaturday — September 26, 2015 2 STAFF PICKS The Daily football writers pick against the spread to predict scores for the top 25 and Big Ten in the 2015 football season. Max Bultman Max Cohen Jake Lourim Zach Shaw Western Michigan (+31.5) at No. 1 Ohio State Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Western Michigan Ohio State Central Mich. (+26.5) at No. 2 Michigan State Central Michigan Michigan State Michigan St...…
…3 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com BYU’s miracles resemble 1994 Michigan Stadium Hail Mary Cougars come in at 2-1 after two last- minute victories By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor Like a bad dream, Michigan fans toss and turn, wishing the Hail Mary would go away. Since the “Miracle at Michigan” that gave No. 7 Colorado a stunning last- second victory over the then- fourth-ranked Wolverines on Sept. 24, 19...…
…by Fleck’s many handy philosophies. “Row the Boat” is meant to remind everyone to do their part and stay in unison with the team. “Change your best” is a reminder to constantly improve, and “Elite” has turned into a constant description of all things relating to the team. Fleck’s mantras are now part of Hart’s routine vernacular. He uses the word “elite” five times in a 13-minute interview, the ideal descriptor of Fleck’s system. ...…
…FootballSaturday, September 26, 2015 6 Breakdown: Michigan vs. BYU Wolverines face tough test Saturday By JAKE LOURIM Managing Sports Editor In two home games this year, the Michigan football team has faced less than one quarter of adversity. Since the Wolverines forced a fumble early in the first quarter against Oregon State and then scored 35 unanswered points, they have rolled. But Saturday could be an entirely different t...…
…7 TheMichiganDaily, www.michigandaily.com What to Watch For: Rudock seeks INT-free performance Wolverines face tall receivers, potent passing attack against Cougars By MAX COHEN Managing Sports Editor The last two weekends have not provided much of a test for the Michigan football team, as the Wolverines easily pushed aside Oregon State and UNLV in their first two home games of the season. Things will likely be different this...…
…FootballSaturday, September 26, 2015 8 Wolverines replace questions with exclamation points in rushing game Smith still No. 1 back, but gap closing as all four running backs emerge By ZACH SHAW Daily Sports Editor Before the 2015 season began, one of the biggest question marks surrounding the Michigan football team was in the backfield. It wasn’t a matter of whether they could perform — redshirt junior Drake Johnson and juni...…
